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Surprise discovery brings “True Grit” Author’s Archive to The Wittliff Collections
The Remarkable Connie Todd (1941-2024)
The Wittliff Collections Doubles its Cormac McCarthy Archive
Busby Donation Brings Books, Student Internships To The Wittliff
The Wittliff acquires the Archive of Renowned Writer Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Sergio Troncoso donates archive to The Wittliff.
Devotion: Photographs of Our Lady of Guadalupe opens at The Wittliff.
New dates for The Wittliff Collections Festival set for 2021.
The Wittliff acquires Naomi Shihab Nye papers
Ray Benson donates archive to The Wittliff
Hector Saldaña Named Texas Music Collection curator
Jerry Jeff Walker donates archive to The Wittliff
The Wittliff Establishes Texas Music Collection
Acclaimed Historical Novelist Ann Weisgarber Donates Archive to The Wittliff
Wittliff Collections Travel Grant Made Permanent by Generosity of Houston Philanthropist
The Wittliff and Austin Film Festival Collaborate to Digitize More Than 20 Years of Material
New Photo Exhibition at The Wittliff Explores The Human Condition
The Wittliff Collections announce Lonesome Dove Reunion and Trail
Sandra Cisneros archive acquired by The Wittliff Collections
In time for SXSW: Armadillo Rising exhibition showcases the 1970s Austin music scene
The Wittliff examines cultural influence of Austin's vintage music poster art
The Wittliff opens The Face of Texas, its first solo exhibition of portraits by Michael O'Brien
Wittliff Collections acquires major Southwest research library, archive of historian Marc Simmons
Cormac McCarthy: Unveiling a Legend—new exhibition reveals author's creative process
The Wittliff opens Charles Bowden Papers for research; memorializes reporter's death
The Wittliff acquires historic Tafolla materials
Texas State presents Bill and Sally Wittliff with honorary doctorates
The Wittliff Collections reveal Coming to Light: Recent Photographic Acquisitions
African American playwrights take center stage: Acting Up and Getting Down
Acclaimed filmmaker Severo Perez donates his archive to The Wittliff
The Wittliff presents new exhibition and book: Man and Beast by Mary Ellen Mark
Now on view: multimedia exhibition by Michael Nye: Fine Line: Mental Health / Mental Illness
Authors Steve Davis (Wittliff curator) and Bill Minutaglio (Wittliff donor) discuss Dallas 1963
The Wittliff's Manuel Álvarez Bravo photography collection makes debut in landmark exhibition
México lindo exhibition is drawn from The Wittliff's significant Mexican photography holdings
Wittliff Collections open first-ever exhibition drawn exclusively from their Sam Shepard Papers
Susan Toomey Frost donates Guillermo Kahlo Collection to The Wittliff
Bill and Sally Wittliff donate Vaquero statue by Clete Shields to Texas State University
Photographer Kate Breakey to speak and sign books on November 10, 2012
Archives Day features staff from George W. Bush Presidential Library
The Wittliff Collections celebrates A Book on the Making of Lonesome Dove with a panel discussion
The Wittliff Collections acquire the major papers of author Tom Grimes
Poet Cyrus Cassells to read from his fifth book, The Crossed-Out Swastika
The Wittliff Collections host New York Times #1 best-selling author Rick Riordan
Rolando Hinojosa, Arturo Madrid, and Carmen Tafolla featured at "Voces y Memorias" symposium
Timeless Mexico: Exhibition reception and book party on March 24
The Wittliff Collections host Spirit of Place 25th Anniversary Gala
Sixth Annual Archives Day celebration on October 14
Dr. David Coleman appointed director of Texas State’s Wittliff Collections
Texas Literary Life: A conversation with Sarah Bird, Elizabeth Crook, Stephen Harrigan
Exhibitions and open house celebrate the Wittliff Collections’ 25th anniversary
The Wittliff Collections honored with TAM design awards in every category
1936 San José Texas Centennial Table donated by Susan Frost now on view
Vintage Vinyl exhibit highlights rare and unique records in the Wittliff Collections' music holdings
The Edge of Time: Photographs of Mexico by Mariana Yampolsky first 25th-anniversary exhibition
Texas State honors legendary country songwriter Freddy Powers
Frost Bank gift honored with major exhibition of Robb Kendrick tintypes
Smithsonian traveling exhibition Bittersweet Harvest documents bracero worker program
The Wittliff Collections acquire major Sam Shepard Collection
The Wittliff Collections present Big Bend: Land of the Texas Imagination
New film documents history and versatility of Wimberley artist Buck Winn
The Wittliff Collections and Texas Monthly toast the career of Gary Cartwright
Kate Breakey, A.D. Coleman to speak at Painted Light reception and book launch
Premiere exhibition from the Cormac McCarthy Archive on view now at the Wittliff Collections
Public history students process Benton, Querry, and Jackson collections
Fifth Annual Archives Day celebrated
Willie Nelson Recording Collection added to Wittliff Collections Nelson archives
The Wittliff Collections publish In Search of the Blues: A Journey to the Soul of Black Texas
Dick J. Reavis reads from his new book, Catching Out: The Secret World of Day Laborers
The Jim Hightower Archive on view + "The Living Spirit of Texas Populism" festivities
¡Viva México! celebrates the country in over 100 photographs
Vaquero: Genesis of the Texas Cowboy new carbon digital prints on exhibit
Susan Frost donates Hugo Brehme collection
Assistant Curator Steve Davis publishes new Dobie biography
Actress and storyteller brings Katherine Anne Porter to life
Frost Bank donates Robb Kendrick tintypes
New literary series book published: Together, Alone, by Susan Wittig Albert
Fourth annual Archives Month celebrated
Grand reopening of the Wittliff Collections exhibitions features Keith Carter
Anniversary edition of A Book of Photographs from Lonesome Dove published
The Wittliff Collections open Cormac McCarthy Papers
Steve Davis inducted into Texas Institute of Letters
Lonesome Dove anniversary gala + cast reunion postponed
The Wittliff Collections congratulate Texas Medal of Arts winners
Jim Hightower donates his archive to the Wittliff Collections
Carmen Tafolla to read at the Wittliff Collections
Third annual Archives Month celebrated
The Wittliff Collections awarded TSLAC grant to create online Ashes of Waco exhibition
Construction to begin on the Wittliff Collections expansion
Masterworks from the Wittliff's Southwestern & Mexican Photography Collection
Images of children from the Wittliff's Southwestern & Mexican Photography Collection
Treasures from The Wittliff Collections Evoke the “Spirit of Place” at the Austin Airport
Land of the Permanent Wave, An Edwin "Bud" Shrake Reader
Photographs and Monotypes by Children of Mineral de Pozos, Mexico
Southwestern Writers Collection celebrates newest anthology Lone Star Sleuths
Rivers of Texas: A Texas State Common Experience at the Southwestern Writers Collection
Southwestern Writers Collection and Wittliff Gallery are now The Wittliff Collections
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